Enrollment requirements for the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck
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A person must meet one of the following requirements to be enrolled in the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck:
(a)
Basic Rolls. Each living person of Assiniboine and/or Sioux blood
whose name appears on either the 1932 annuity payment roll or an allotment
schedule prepared and approved pursuant to the Acts of February 8, 1887
(24Stat. 388), February28,1891(26 Stat. 794), May 30,1908 (35 Stat. 558),
August 1, 1914 (38 Stat. 593), February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 408), and March
3,
1927 (44 Stat. 1401), provided that he or she is not enrolled as a member
of some other tribe.
(b)
Descendants of Persons on Basic Roll. Each living person who
is of one-fourth (114) or more Assiniboine or Sioux blood born prior to the
effective date of this constitution who is a lineal descendant of a person
whose name appears on one or both of the documents specified in (a) of this
Section regardless of whether such annuitant or allottee is living or deceased,
provided that he or she is not
a member of some other tribe at the time
of application for enrollment and provided further, that he or she is a citizen
of the United States. Any such person may apply for enrollment at any time.
(AMENDMENT NO. 1 AS PER REFERENDUM VOTE OF 05/07/88.)
(c)
Adovtees. Each person adopted into tribal membership by the
General Council prior to the effective date of this Constitution whose
adoption was approved by the Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized
representative, provided such adoptee has not subsequently become enrolled
as a member of some other tribe.
(d)
FutureMembers. Each child of one-fourth (114) or more
Assiniboine and/or Sioux blood born after the effective date of this ordinance
to any member of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, provided that the
child is not a member of some other tribe at the time of application for
enrollment and provided further, that the child is a citizen of the United
States at the time of the child's birth.
(AMENDMENT NO. 2 AS PER
REFERENDUM VOTE OF 05/07/88.)
(e)
Associate Members. Each child of one-eighth (118) or more but
less than one-quarter (114), Assiniboine and/or Sioux blood born to any
member of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, provided the child is a citizen
of the United States at the time of the child's birth. Associate members shall
not be eligible to vote in Tribal elections or to share in any distribution of
tribal funds or property, but shall otherwise be eligible for benefits as Indians
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as provided by Law.